The Impact of Infrastructrue on High Technology Entrepreneurship

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Dr M Ehret
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Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University

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Entrepreneurship research shows strong evidence that infrastructures are a key force stimulating entrepreneurial activity and thereby drive growth of and quality of life in regional economies (e.g. Audretsch & Keilbach, 2004). To date there is little understanding on the contribution of particular types of infrastructure on specialized domains of high-tech-entrepreneurship, in particular infrastructure that is created to promote particular entrepreneurial activity like high-tech incubators. The aim of this project is to explore the role of specialized high-tech infrastructure on enterprise formation in a specialized domain for example biopharma entrepreneurship. The project can draw on an existing data-base on bio-pharma entrepreneurship as well as an initial collection of secondary data on high-tech-infrastructures.

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Audretsch, David B.; Keilbach, Max. Does Entrepreneurship Capital Matter?
Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice. Fall2004, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p419-429
Ehret, Michael/ McDonald-Junor, Daniel and Smith, David (2012): High technology and economic development: A case study of the BioCity Nottingham technology incubator. International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Nov. 2012, Vol. 13, Issue 4, pp. 301-309.